Tax & Tax Efficient InvestingByRAJESH DALMIA CFPCM Dalmia Advisory Services Pvt Ltdwww.dalmiaadvisory.com : 1 Tax & Tax Efficient InvestingByRAJESH DALMIA CFPCM Dalmia Advisory Services Pvt Ltdwww.dalmiaadvisory.com
Learning Objectives : 2 Learning Objectives What is Tax efficient investing?
Comparing Investments
Slide 3 : 3 When we make investment, we are concerned about potential returns, that can be generated by the investment schemes, because
Investment is made with the objective of getting returns.
Return is important from the investors point of view
but equally important is its tax treatment.
Slide 4 : 4 Tax Efficient Investing means
Retaining maximum of the returns generated on an investment after payment of Tax.
Income Tax : 5 Income Tax We all are liable to pay income Tax on our income
Income Tax is generally paid on a progressive method.
It allows certain tax benefits for making specified investments
Slide 6 : 6 Working women and senior citizens enjoy extra benefits under Income Tax
Some tax-efficient examples are : 7 Some tax-efficient examples are Tax-free bonds
Tax-free money market accounts
Retirement accounts
Stocks
Tax-efficient mutual funds
Slide 8 : 8 Stocks are tax efficient when you take into consideration the fact that the taxes on stocks do not have to be paid until they are sold and you take profits.
You pay short-term capital gains tax, if you've held the stock less than one year,
or long-term capital gains tax, if you've held the stock more than a year.
The difference is significant between short-term and long-term capital gains tax.
Slide 9 : 9
Slide 10 : 10 10 Tax-Deductible & Tax-Deferred Investments:Tax Deductible : Where you get tax benefits immediately at the time of investments
Tax Deferred : Income accrued on these
investments are not taxed, till you withdraw
Record-keeping : 11 Record-keeping Keep all investment statements which show investment records.
This helps in devising a good tax efficient strategy.
Helps in categorising investments liable for taxed under different heads
Helps in taking benefit in case of loss in any asset class either in past or in current years.
A Strategy : 12 A Strategy Sell a Loser To offset a capital Gain.
Capital losses offset capital gains in any year
If you have capital gains to report on your income-tax return, consider selling a losing investment and applying the loss to offset an equivalent capital gain.
Comparing returns : 13 Comparing returns To determine whether you would be better off buying a taxable or a tax-exempt investment,
You need to calculate what a taxable investment would yield on an after tax basis and compare that with the return on a tax-exempt investment.
To do this, subtract your marginal tax rate from 100% and multiply this percentage by the rate of return that the taxable investment is earning.
That will give you your after tax yield. Compare this with the yield on the tax-exempt investment to find out which is higher.
Comparing returns : 14 Comparing returns To determine whether you would be better off buying a taxable or a tax-exempt investment,
You need to calculate what a taxable investment would yield on an after tax basis and compare that with the return on a tax-exempt investment.
To do this, subtract your marginal tax rate from 100% and multiply this percentage by the rate of return that the taxable investment is earning.
That will give you your after tax yield. Compare this with the yield on the tax-exempt investment to find out which is higher.
Realized Return : 15 Realized Return Realized Return
= Tax Adjusted Return / [ 1 – Tax rate ]
A return of 8% taxfree for a person in 30% tax slab is equal to
= 8/ (1-.30) = 8/ 0.7 = 11.42%
Tax Adjusted Return : 16 Tax Adjusted Return Tax Adjusted Return
= [ Realized Return ] X [ 1 – Tax Rate ]
A return of 12% taxable for a person in 30% tax slab is equal to
= ( 1 – 0.30 ) X 12%
= 8.40%
Some Thoughts : 17 Some Thoughts A fixed deposit yielding 10% compared to 8% Tax free bonds for an individual, whose income is below basic exemption limit of Income Tax.
A fixed deposit yielding 10% compared to a 8% Tax free bonds for an individual in the highest tax bracket paying 30% tax.
Some Thoughts : 18 Some Thoughts Mutual Fund Investment
a. Dividend option v/s growth option
Some Thoughts : 19 Some Thoughts Mutual Fund debt Investment
v/s
Bank fixed deposits
Some Thoughts : 20 Some Thoughts Unit linked insurance plan
v/s
mutual fund